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#1 Albums of 1981 | 80's Album Reviews | Top 100 Albums of the 80's
Pop Charts Index: 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989
The Top 100 Pop Singles of 1981 - * Song went #1 |
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| *1... BETTE DAVIS EYES, Kim Carnes (#1, May) *2... ENDLESS LOVE, Diana Ross and Lionel Richie (#1, Aug) *3... LADY, Kenny Rogers (#1, Nov 1980) *4... (Just Like) STARTING OVER, John Lennon (#1, Dec 1980) *5... JESSIE'S GIRL, Rick Springfield (#1, Aug) *6... CELEBRATION, Kool and the Gang (#1, Feb) *7... KISS ON MY LIST, Daryl Hall and John Oates (#1, April) *8... I LOVE A RAINY NIGHT, Eddie Rabbitt (#1, Feb) *9... 9 TO 5, Dolly Parton (#1, Feb) *10.. KEEP ON LOVING YOU, REO Speedwagon (#1, March) 11.. THE THEME FROM "GREATEST AMERICAN HERO" (Believe It Or Not), Joey Scarbury (#2, Aug) *12.. MORNING TRAIN (Nine To Five), Sheena Easton (#1, May) 13.. BEING WITH YOU, Smokey Robinson (#2, May) 14 ..QUEEN OF HEARTS, Juice Newton (#2, pt) *15.. RAPTURE, Blondie (#1, March) 16.. A WOMAN NEEDS LOVE (Just Like You Do), Ray Parker Jr. and Raydio (#4, June) *17.. THE TIDE IS HIGH, Blondie (#1, Jan) 18.. JUST THE TWO OF US, Grover Wasington Jr. (with Bill Withers) (#2, May) 19.. SLOW HAND, The Pointer Sisters (#2, Aug) 20.. I LOVE YOU, The Climax Blues Band (#12, June) 21.. WOMAN, John Lennon (#2, March) 22.. SUKIYAKI, A Taste of Honey (#3, June) 23.. THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL, Abba (#8, March) *24.. MEDLEY (Intro Venus/Sugar, Sugar/No Reply/I'll Be Back/Drive My Car/Do You Want To Know a Secret/We Can Work It Out/I Should Have Known Better/Nowhere Man/You're Going To Lose That Girl/Stars On 45), The Stars on 45 (#1, June) 25.. ANGEL OF THE MORNING, Juice Newton (#4, May) 26.. LOVE ON THE ROCKS, Neil Diamond (#2, Jan) 27.. EVERY WOMAN IN THE WORLD, Air Supply (#5, Jan) *28.. THE ONE THAT YOU LOVE, Air Supply (#1, July) 29.. GUILTY, Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb (#3, Jan) 30.. THE BEST OF TIMES, Styx (#3, March) 31.. ELVIRA, The Oak Ridge Boys (#5, July) 32.. TAKE IT ON THE RUN, REO Speedwagon (#5, May) 33.. (There's) NO GETTIN' OVER ME, Ronnie Milsap (#5, Sept) 34.. LIVING INSIDE MYSELF, Gino Vanelli (#6, May) *35.. WOMAN IN LOVE, Barbra Streisand (#1, Oct 1980) 36.. BOY FROM NEW YORK CITY, The Manhattan Transfer (#7, Aug) 37.. URGENT, Foreigner (#4, Sept) 38.. PASSION, Rod Stewart (#5, Feb) 39.. LADY (You Bring Me Up), The Commodores (#8, Sept) 40.. CRYING, Don McLean (#5, March) 41.. HEARTS, Marty Balin (#8, Aug) 42.. IT'S MY TURN, Diana Ross (#9, Jan) 43.. YOU MAKE MY DREAMS, Daryl Hall and John Oates (#5, July) 44.. I DON'T NEED YOU, Kenny Rogers (#3, Aug) 45.. HOW 'BOUT US, Champaign (#12, June) 46.. HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT, Pat Benatar (#9, Dec 1980) 47.. THE BREAKUP SONG (They Don't Write 'Em), The Greg Kihn Band (#15, Sept) 48.. TIME, The Alan Parsons Project (#15, Aug) 49.. HUNGRY HEART, Bruce Springsteen (#5, Dec 1980) 50.. SWEETHEART, Frankie and the Knockouts (#10, June) 51.. SOMEBODY'S KNOCKIN', Terry Gibbs (#13, April) 52.. MORE THAN I CAN SAY, Leo Sayer (#2, Dec 1980) 53.. TOGETHER, Tierra (#18, Feb) 54.. TOO MUCH TIME ON MY HANDS, Styx (#9, May) 55.. WHAT ARE WE DOIN' IN LOVE, Dottie West (with Kenny Rogers) (#14, June) 56.. WHO'S CRYING NOW, Journey (#4, Oct) 57.. DE DO DO DO, DE DA DA DA, The Police (#10, Jan) 58.. THIS LITTLE GIRL, Gary U.S. Bonds (#11, June) 59.. STOP DRAGGIN' MY HEART AROUND, Stevie Nicks with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (#3, Sept) 60.. GIVING IT UP FOR YOUR LOVE, Delbert McClinton (#8, Feb) 61.. A LITTLE IN LOVE, Cliff Richard (#17, March) 62.. AMERICA, Neil Diamond (#8, June) 63.. AIN'T EVEN DONE WITH THE NIGHT, John Cougar (Mellencamp) (#17, May) 64.. ARTHUR'S THEME (Best That You Can Do), Christopher Cross (#1, Oct) 65.. ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST, Queen (#1, Oct 1980) 66.. GAMES PEOPLE PLAY, The Alan Parson Project (#16, March) 67.. I CAN'T STAND IT, Eric Clapton and His Band (#10, May) 68.. WHILE YOU SEE A CHANCE, Steve Winwood (#7, April) 69.. MASTER BLASTER (Jammin'), Stevie Wonder (#5, Dec 1980) 70.. HELLO AGAIN, Neil Diamond (#6, March) 71.. DON'T STAND SO CLOSE TO ME, The Police (#10, April) 72.. HEY NINETEEN, Steely Dan (#10, Feb) 73.. I AIN'T GONNA STAND FOR IT, Stevie Wonder (#11, March) 74.. ALL THOSE YEARS AGO, George Harrison (#2, July) 75.. STEP BY STEP, Eddie Rabbitt (#5, Oct) 76.. THE STROKE, Billy Squier (#17, Aug) 77.. FEELS SO RIGHT, Alabama (#20, Sept) 78.. SWEET BABY, Stanley Clarke/George Duke (#19, Aug) 79.. SAME OLD LANG SYNE, Dan Fogelberg (#9, Feb) 80.. COOL LOVE, Pablo Cruise (#13, Sept) 81.. HOLD ON TIGHT, ELO (The Electric Light Orchestra) (#10, Oct) 82.. IT'S NOW OR NEVER, John Schneider (#14, Aug) 83.. TREAT ME RIGHT, Pat Benatar (#18, March) 84.. WINNING, Santana (#17, July) 85.. WHAT KIND OF FOOL, Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb (#10, March) 86.. WATCHING THE WHEELS, John Lennon (#10, May) 87.. TELL IT LIKE IT IS, Heart (#8, Jan) 88.. SMOKEY MOUNTAIN RAIN, Ronnie Milsap (#24, Feb) 89.. I MADE IT THROUGH THE RAIN, Barry Manilow (#10, Jan) 90.. YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN', Daryl Hall and John Oates (#12, Nov 1980) 91.. SUDDENLY, Olivia Newton-John/Cliff Richard (#20, Jan) 92.. FOR YOUR EYES ONLY, Sheena Easton (#4, Oct) 93.. THE BEACH BOYS MEDLEY, The Beach Boys (#12, Oct) 94.. WHIP IT, Devo (#14, Nov 1980) 95.. MODERN GIRL, Sheena Easton (#18, July) 96.. REALLY WANT TO KNOW YOU, Gary Wright (#16, Sept) 97.. SEVEN YEAR ACHE, Rosanne Cash (#22, July) 98.. I'M COMING OUT, Diana Ross (#5, Nov 1979) 99.. MISS SUN, Boz Scaggs (#14, Feb) 100.. TIME IS TIME, Andy Gibb (#15, Jan) |
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